His 38-year-old mother tells 10 News her son used to watch his father play with fire as a younger boy, which may have ignited his interest in fires.

"He started (a fire) in the kitchen with a plastic bag, plastic bowls, on the stove."

The boy's own father, Richard Pike, is sitting in prison for dousing Brower with gasoline and setting her on fire.

The child has been living with his grandmother since Brower lost custody of him while battling a drug addiction.

"She knew about the fires, she's known about him running away, but she neglected to do anything about it," Brower says.

In fact, police say every time they would question the grandmother about the arsons, she would give an alibi for the boy. Investigators are still looking into whether she will face any charges for reportedly misleading them about his whereabouts.

"I don't want to see my son grow up in prison. I didn't want to see this."

Brower says she plans to seek custody of her son within the next year.